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90; A. WRIGHT.

CARD CUTTING MAGHINE.

N0.'459,920-. PaltentedSep't. 22, 1891.

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UNrrEn STATES jrmm Orr-Ice; v

CHARLES A. WRlGllTl, or rnimnntrnm,reNNsYLVA-Nmi:

CARD-CUTTING MAoHins.

srsolrlc uxo'n aimin pm of LettersPatent$10,459,920, dated September 22, 1891- Application filed June 26,1886. Serial No. 206,331,- ,(Normorlehl i To all 'iuhom itmz tyconcern."

Be it known that I, CHARLESA; \VRl'GHT, of the city and county-of Philadelphia, and- State of Pennsylvania, have invented an'lmiproyementin Card-Cutting Machines, of

whieh the following is a specification I Myinvention has reference to'eard-cnttin'g machines; and it consists of certain improvements which are fully set forth in the followingspeeification andolai1ns,'and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form part ;1hereof. -i. r .My invention relates to the construction and arrangementof the feeding and cutting,

: 3 whereby the card is curvedandthe trimmed edge thereof may bend during the act of out ting. Iemploy. tworollersorpairs of rollers,.

one of which-is faced with metal andtlie other of which'is provided with a peripheral cover.- v

in;; of-rubber or other elastic material, with 7 rotary cutters arranged upon one side. andfai; distance fromithe rollers, sothat the trimmed" edge of the curved card may bend in the act of cutting to prevent"abrad ing or breaking the trnnmed edge, asis more, fully set out .5 i hereinafter.

Figurel is a sectional yiewwof mama embodying my invention through the line a;

i an; Fig. 2 -is aplan viewof. thesanie, and Fig;- ,31s'a sectional: view of the detached rollers:

- and putting-wheels on lineyy, showing the between the i-ollers. A- is the frame of the machine; I

effect of the rubbercoatihg on a card passing.-

C' and a large hand wheel D and a smaller one E on the end thereof. This shaft B is provided with two rollers near its middle,

made of metal, have a coyering, either in whole or in parhot rubber or other elastic material H.

lt is asecond shaft immediately belowand I shaft are without the flexible covering If,

B is, the upper shaft, having the gean wheel andials o with a rotary cutter G between these rollers. These rollers F, which arepreferabl'y in the same per endicnlar plane as theshaftll. This shaft has a gear-wheel meshing 1 is a vertical aguide'fastenedfbythe n 1; K v j' to the slotted pa e J ofiheframeof the machine andextends down nearly to the ho'rizontal plane of contact-of the-rollers audit! tary cutters of the shaftsjB and BC Iflde Y sired, the cutters G may be arranged upon. the outside of the,- rollers F, as indicated in" dotted lines, Fig. 2, the particular relation being'iinmaterial.

L and M are two shaftsin the same horizontal plane 1 in adjustable beariiigsR and j provided-ontheir outer endswithsmall band The shaft M is providediwi'th two smallrollers or wheelsN, and the shaft Lfwit-lra central roller 0. These rollers N and O are inthe same plane'as, the point of eontaet'of the rollers F and F', and maybe made in any form'and of any substance desired, and the number and particularlocat-ion of them may be varied to suit the exigencies of thecase, as they are mereiyrevolving feedwheels e e.

dug-supports for the card."v It is thought pref-' er'ableto arrange them as shown'in the draw ings and to have them coveredwithrubbe'r; 7 5 p P are side guide-frames inelosing the system ,-of. rollers N and O and extendingup nearly to.

the top of the machine. They are intended to'hold the cards laterally while being-fed to the cutting devices The forward parts-0f these frames are 1 extended in the two guides ptojkeepthe card 'in exact positionwhile passing to the cutters-j Q is a screw having. left righthand threads extending through the sides of the 5;.

frames P, and is intendedtofadjust' these frames to or fromeach other-bymean's-of the r hand-wheel S to -suit-theypartici1lar size ofthe' cards to becut and'falwaysfinsure the cards being, fed eentrally 'to the cutters. These frames P-have projections P: at-their bottom, which extend through a slotted clamp in g-frame A andare-providedwi-thflampingr 'nn-ts-P 'for' tbe purpose of securing theszf ames rigidly in, position afterbe ing afl, justed. v

Tare ad usting-screws e1itending t-hrough' the frame A for the purpose of 'j'raising orlow: ering the shaft Btosu'it the thickness of the card. '5 t 4 Besides the band-wheels D, E, e, and e, there is a band-wheel W fixed in any con- 1 venient position in the saine plane with E, e, and e, and a continuous band U passes around WV on the .inside of e, out ide of a or elastic coverings loose wheel V, carrying a the lnsideof e, and around the outside of E. ihus when the large wheel D is put into motiou it wi'll impart a positive mOtiOIL-{Othfl weight of the superimposed pile isearriedon theserollers under the vertical guide-frame I, which has been adjustedto admit of the passage of only one card. This card is'guided' laterally by thegnides p and isfed inhetween the rollers F and F.

H of the rollers F will press'it firmly upon the metal rollers F, giving it a slight bend or curve and thus holding it firmly against displacement while passing the cutters G. v

As shown, the cutters are arranged between the feeding and holding rollers; "but they may be arranged upon the outside of said rollers SKIES thereof, as'indiinwhich case the latand upon one or both catedin dotted lines,

oral edges of the card will b'eLtrimmed, and

beveled if the cuttersbeinclined. The cut;- ters cut the cards on ciding with the points of contact of the elastic and solid rollers, thus acting upon them when they are most rigid;

I Having now described my invention, what 'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

weightl then on bands H and secured upon the Here the rubber other, and located a line practically coin- 1. The combination of two rollers, one of which is metal-faced and the other of which is covered with a .band of rubber or other elastic material and pressed in heavy contact with the metal-faced roller to curve the card as it passes between the rollers, rotating cut- ,ters to cutthe card arranged to one side of the anemia-rangeemu open space between them and the said cuttersto admit of the'bending ot' the trimmed pressed in the act of cutting, substantial'lylas and for the purpose specified.

2: The combination of shafts Band B',con-' necting-gearing, rollers F F, having elastic shaft B. solid rollers F F, secured upon the shaft B and running in'h'avy contact with rollers E F, the said pairs of rollers F F and h F being widely separated to form a clear open space, and two rotating cutters secured LO the respective shafts, arranged to work in contact with each about equidistant from the two pairs of rolls F F, the said rolls being edge as it iside-H adapted to bend or curve the card as it passes between them and the clear spaces between the cutters andsaid rollers allowing-the card edges to bend in the act of being cut, 80.218 not to break, abrade,

CHARLES A. \VRIGHT.

' Witnesses:

CHARLES E. Lax, Jr., R. M. HUNTER.

orin'j nre said cdgesof 'the cards, substantially as and for the "pur 

